Eve Gordon

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Eve Gordon
Other namesEve Bennett-Gordon
Education Brown University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Spouse
(m. 1987)
Children2

Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon) is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Woman Named Jackie , Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be , the mother of the title character in the drama series Felicity , and Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the 2008 Emmy Award-winning HBO film Recount . She also starred in the 1997 film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves , starring opposite Rick Moranis.

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Life and career

Gordon is the daughter of Mary (née McDougall), a history professor, and Richard Bennett Gordon, a lawyer. Gordon graduated from the Ellis School in Pittsburgh, Brown University, and Yale School of Drama. [1]

She started her acting career in 1982, playing Marge Tallworth in the film The World According to Garp . After that, she appeared in ER , Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story , Avalon and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (as Diane Szalinski, taking the role over from Marcia Strassman), and starred in David Chase's first original series, Almost Grown , and The Good Life with Drew Carey.

On the stage, she has starred on and off-Broadway, in Paris, Madrid, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other cities, working with Peter Sellers, Richard Foreman, and Daniel Sullivan in classics, musicals, and comedies.

On November 14, 1987, Gordon married actor Todd Waring in Manhattan. [1] They have two daughters.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 The World According to Garp Marge Tallworth
1990 Avalon Dottie Kirk
1991 Paradise Rosemary Young
1992 Leaving Normal Emily Singer
1997 Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Diane SzalinskiDirect-to-video
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas Carolyn
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Housewife #2
2006Thanks to GravityMariella
The Grudge 2 Principal Dale
2008Public InterestKaren Montgomery
2009 Happy Tears Karen
VersaillesSummer Tickler-HoogenhydeShort film
2011Monkey Man
2013 Chastity Bites Principal Loveheart
2016 The Tiger Hunter Mrs. Womack
Ouija: Origin of Evil Joan
2017 Heartland Sherri
The Circle Senator Williamson
The Garage Sale Merrin
2020 Irresistible Tonya Vanelton
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Ryan's Hope Mindy Peters2 episodes
1986 George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation Betsy HamiltonTelevision film
1987 The Cosby Show GlendaEpisode: "Planning Parenthood"
1988–89 Almost Grown Suzie Long FoleyMain cast; 9 episodes
1990 Murphy Brown AlexandraEpisode: "Frankly Speaking"
1991 The Whereabouts of Jenny TheresaTelevision film
Switched at Birth DarlenaTelevision film
The Boys AmandaTelevision film
A Woman Named Jackie Marilyn Monroe Miniseries; episode: "The Bouvier Years"
1992The Secret Passion of Robert ClaytonKatherineTelevision film
1992–93 The Powers That Be Jordan MillerMain cast; 21 episodes
1994 The Good Life Maureen BowmanMain cast; 13 episodes
1995 The Heidi Chronicles LisaTelevision film
Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall StoryRobinTelevision film
Dad, the Angel & MeMaggieTelevision film
1997A Thousand Men and a BabyGenevieve "Gen" KeenanTelevision film
1998 Party of Five Jeanie HansonEpisode: "Of Human Bonding"
Something So Right Lorraine HadleyEpisode: "Something About Egg on Your Farce"
The Practice Janet Walsh2 episodes
1998–2002 Felicity Barbara Porter/Hunter7 episodes
1999 Love Boat: The Next Wave Ann Jenkin-PatrickEpisode: "Such Sweet Dreams"
Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story Shirley Jones/PartridgeTelevision film
2001 Touched by an Angel Erica BakerEpisode: "Bringer of Light"
2002 Family Affair JennyEpisode: "Pilot: Part 1"
Judging Amy Mrs. PowellEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2002-2008 Monk Janie/Madge2 episodes
2004 The Division Ruth RingstonEpisode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..."
Veronica Mars Emily WilliamsEpisode: "The Girl Next Door"
2005 Without a Trace Marian PetersonEpisode: "Lost Time"
2007 House JodyEpisode: "Resignation"
Grey's Anatomy Mary ChapmanEpisode: "Let the Truth Sting"
Cold Case Melinda Levy (2007)Episode: "Justice"
2008 Two and a Half Men BrendaEpisode: "Meander to Your Dander"
Recount Monica KlainTelevision film
2009 ER Mrs. NugentEpisode: "Love Is a Battlefield"
2009 The Philanthropist Brenda FitzsimmonsEpisode: "San Diego"
2010 Ghost Whisperer MariahEpisode: "On Thin Ice"
Glee Mrs. FrettholdEpisode: "Laryngitis"
2011 NCIS Amanda McCormickEpisode: "Restless"
2011 American Horror Story: Murder House Dr. Hall4 episodes
2011–12 Hart of Dixie Delia Ann Lee3 episodes
2012 Mad Men GiselleEpisode: "Signal 30"
The Newsroom Phylis GreerEpisode: "Bullies"
Necessary Roughness Mrs. BrinksEpisode: "Might as Well Face It"
Scandal Janet NystromEpisode: "Beltway Unbuckled"
2012–2013 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Connie Colburn10 episodes
2014 Supernatural Joy MeyersEpisode: "Sharp Teeth"
Mind Games DianeEpisode: "Pet Rock"
The McCarthys KarenEpisode: "Love, McCarthys Style"
2015 Masters of Sex Judith2 episodes
2017 The Good Doctor Nurse Fryday2 episodes
Longmire Gloria DoddEpisode: "Cowboy Bill"
2018 SEAL Team Dr. CarpenterEpisode: "All That Matters"
2019DoxxedGrace Lo2 episodes
Big Little Lies Dr. Danielle Cortland3 episodes
How to Get Away with Murder ADA GibsonEpisode; "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?"
2020 The Walking Dead CelesteEpisode: "What We Become"
S.W.A.T. JennyEpisode: Stigma
2024 Based on a True Story AuctioneerEpisode: "Relapse"

Podcast

Podcast
YearTitleRoleNotes
2021The Zip Code Plays: Los AngelesAimee Semple McPhersonVoice
Episode: "90026: Echo Park - $10 and a Tambourine"

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eve Gordon, Actress, Wed to Todd Waring" . The New York Times. November 15, 1987. p. 76. Retrieved February 18, 2022.